"It's like any company when a boss comes in. They are going to want to put their own stamp on it and shivvy it around. I came in on a three-month contract and stayed two and a half years. So I was lucky.

"I left the business for a long time to bring up family. So to get something like this coming back in, I couldn't believe it. Hopefully this will spring me on."

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